Display Page Excerpt Before WordPress Loop

  • Hello Fellow WordPress Lovers

    I want to use one of my pages as an introduction before my WordPress Loop on the index.php home page. (My settings have the blog feed as my home page).

    I put this above my Loop:

    $page_id = 95;
$page_data = get_page( $page_id );
echo apply_filters('the_content', $page_data->post_content);

    It works great, but it shows the entire article. Is there a way to show only the content of that page above the “read more” tag, along with a “read more” link?

    By the way I tried this with no luck:

    echo apply_filters('the_excerpt', $page_data->post_excerpt);

    I also tried this with no luck:

    $page_id = 95; // substitute to your page id
$my_page = get_page($page_id);
echo "<p>$my_page->post_excerpt</p>";
echo '<a href="'.get_permalink( $page_id ).'">read more</a>';

    Is this a situation for a multiple loop? Those confuse me so I would love to get some help from an experienced WP user. Thank you!

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  • $temp = $wp_query;
$wp_query = NULL;
$page_id = 95; // substitute to your page id
$my_page = get_page($page_id);
echo "<p>$my_page->post_excerpt</p>";
echo '<a href="'.get_permalink( $page_id ).'">read more</a>';
wp_reset_query();
$wp_query = NULL;
$wp_query = $temp ;
    Thread Starter likemindsdesigns

    (@likemindsdesigns)

    @hoosoft

    Thank you for your effort. Even with your changes, all I am getting back is the “read more” and no excerpt. Do Pages not allow excerpts (only posts)?

    Thread Starter likemindsdesigns

    (@likemindsdesigns)

    This is my home page (set to a blog feed):

    https://quigleycreativegroup.com/mcra/

    I am using this code before my loop:

    $page_id = 95;
	$page_data = get_page( $page_id );
	echo apply_filters('the_content', $page_data->post_content);

    There is a <!–more–> tag after the first paragraph. How do I get that long page to cut off at that tag?

    Thread Starter likemindsdesigns

    (@likemindsdesigns)

    Any body who can help me, I am still having trouble with this. Here’s what I have so far:

    <?php // set the $paged variable
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
?>

<?php if (is_front_page() && !is_paged()) : //If we are on first page

// The 1st Query (Loop 1)
$query1 = new WP_Query('page_id=95' );  //Show only Post ID 472

// The 1st Loop
while ($query1->have_posts()) : $query1->the_post();?>  

<?php the_content('Read More'); //Show home page content up until read more tag ?>

<hr />

<?php endwhile ?>
<?php wp_reset_postdata(); // reset post data ?>
<?php endif?>

<?php

//The 2nd Query (Loop 2)
$query2 = new WP_Query(array(
'cat' => '2',//Show only the posts in Category 2 or "MCRA News"
'paged' => $paged // use pagination
));

// The 2nd Loop
if($query2->have_posts()) : while($query2->have_posts()) : $query2->the_post(); ?>  

<?php the_content('Read More'); ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php next_posts_link('Older Posts') ?>
<?php previous_posts_link('Newer Posts') ?>

<?php else : //There are no more posts in this category?>
//I DO NOT WANT THIS HERE, BUT IT IS DISPLAYING A BLANK PAGE WHEN I GET TO THE LAST PAGE.
<p>No more news to display.</p>

<?php endif; ?>
<?php wp_reset_postdata(); // reset post data ?>

    WHAT WORKS:
    ? I am displaying the home page content up to the Read More tag as I intended
    ? The 2nd query shows posts from the category I wanted

    WHAT I NEED HELP WITH:
    ? Pagination: for the 2nd query, it still shows a “Get Previous Posts” link even when there are NO previous posts to show. So it displays a blank page. I worked around this with a lame “No more posts to show message” but I would rather just have it work correctly.

    Here’s my page:
    https://quigleycreativegroup.com/mcra/

    Any takers? Thank you!

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